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Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria.

A native of Asturias.

Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece. -- n. A native or citizen of Athens.

A native or an inhabitant of Australasia.

A native or an inhabitant of Australia.

A native or an inhabitant of Austria.

from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.

Aboriginal; indigenous; native.

A variety of jade. It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets.

A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid. [India]

A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron.

A native of the Azores.

A Hindoo gentleman; native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindoo title answering to Mr. or Esquire. Whitworth.

ething is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it.

A native of Bactria. Bactrian camel, the two-humped camel.

r given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages.

A genus (Actæa) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceæ, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous.

A native of Barbados.

soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp. Ure. Copper barilla (Min.), native copper in granular form mixed with sand, an ore brought from Bolivia; -- called also Barilla de cobre.

Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar. It is a common mineral in metallic veins.…